“You are now very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over." Joshua 13:1. God reminds us all, that for those of us who still can, we must finish the work He has given. God is not done with us. He brings others along to put on the top-stone. He expects Joshua to count where he is. He expects all of us to number our days and present to Him a heart of wisdom. Don't lock the door yet. No bar on the door until it is locked forever. Remind yourself to rise up to the occasion to fight the good fight of faith and never dismiss the battles all around me---but I must also engage in the battle going on in me. If I don't, I'll just live in "good-enough" Christianity. We all need to know how to navigate our way through the battle within and find the true "rich fare."
By His Grace. By His Power. By His Great Love. We can do this. And we want to do our last days with those we love, as much as they will let us in. All we can do is wonder, invite, ask questions. And wait. And we have a Beautiful God Who is always waiting for us.
PHOTO: A Conference I am sitting in to learn. No bars on learning. Life has not ended like I pictured, like I dreamed. Dare I hope that the Divine is sitting right next to me, right where I work, right where I live. This is more than good enough.
2 - LEADERSHIP faithful Joshua is a second Moses - leading them to fulfill covenant obligations 3:7; 5:1-15; 8:30-35; Now, the undaunting Joshua leads Israel to cross the Jordan River on dry ground. He saw it happen once before. And that same God is with Joshua and the men from the 12 tribes.
“Be strong and very courageous.
Symbols of twin promises:
Your God is all powerful.
Your God is to be feared.
I love Joshua 10:12 "The day God gave the Amorites up to Israel, Joshua spoke to God , with all Israel listening: The Gibeonites sent word to Joshua at Gilgal: Don't abandon us! Help! All of the Amorite kings have joined forces against us. Joshua 10:6. Joshua gathered his best fighting men and marched up all-night from Gilgal and surprised them. But it's what the LORD says to Joshua that trumps everything: "Do not be afraid of them. Not one of them will be able to withstand you." Joshua 10:8. And Joshua read every word of the law to his people. Joshua 8:35. Every word.
And right smack dab in front of Israel, Joshua said:
"Stop, Sun, over Gibeon; Halt, Moon, over Aijalon Valley."
Moon stood stock still
Until he defeated his enemies.
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